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1850-12-22 Page 02

Salina has a verry prety babe she thinks it looks verry mutch like mine did and so do I only it is not as prety. tel aunt Ann that I wood like to be at her house to eat another stuft spairrib for new year dinnar but I cannot do that so I will have some of the nuts that [mourty?] sent me that is as near as I can fix it to be thare. I feal some what loanly hear among straingers but I am in hopes that John will stay with me this winter work is not gone yet and I think thare will be boats building hear all winter by all appearence now. I will almost fly to see you If I am left hear this winter alone he says that he will stay if he can make deasant wages. I wish you wood come hear to lice for we have spring weather in the winter and I wood not be loansome if you and the doctor ware hear tel the doctor that doctors hear are the top of the pot. I wood be verry glad if Sarah lived near by that we could visit each other I have not writen to her since we rote to gether I am afraid that I will not get to write to her to day for it is about fore now. John says tell the doctor that he wood like to have him come hear to live. 
Betsey Benet looks some what loansome and she says that she has sean some sober times her litle one had the flux verry bad when I was thare and she thaut it wood not get well Betsy was doing some beter She had sevrel boarders when I was thare she sed that she did not have but to dreses to her name and I told her that I had three and I gave her one.

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Salina has a verry prety babe she thinks it looks verry mutch like mine did and so do I only it is not as prety. tel aunt Ann that I wood like to be at her house to eat another stuft spairrib for new year dinnar but I cannot do that so I will have some of the nuts that [mourty?] sent me that is as near as I can fix it to be thare. I feal some what loanly hear among straingers but I am in hopes that John will stay with me this winter work is not gone yet and I think thare will be boats building hear all winter by all appearence now. I will almost fly to see you If I am left hear this winter alone he says that he will stay if he can make deasant wages. I wish you wood come hear to lice for we have spring weather in the winter and I wood not be loansome if you and the doctor ware hear tel the doctor that doctors hear are the top of the pot. I wood be verry glad if Sarah lived near by that we could visit each other I have not writen to her since we rote to gether I am afraid that I will not get to write to her to day for it is about fore now. John says tell the doctor that he wood like to have him come hear to live. Betsey Benet looks some what loansome and she says that she has sean some sober times her litle one had the flux verry bad when I was thare and she thaut it wood not get well Betsy was doing some beter She had sevrel boarders when I was thare she sed that she did not have but to dreses to her name and I told her that I had three and I gave her one.